Archive for January, 2009

Sometimes I try hard to avoid what is in front of me. Sometimes I try hard not to listen.

Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows. ::: Claude Monet ::: Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire [...]

Of workshops and sealing wax…

Kia ora tatou: Well, nothing whatsoever to do with sealing wax… There are still plenty of spaces left on the Summer Sundays, so if you were thinking of coming, sign up! Nick Heaphy and I will be working hard to teach you everything you need to know to know about the vexing question of colour [...]